Photo #: NH 50010
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
Twin 4"/50 gun mount in action on the destroyer's forecastle,
1918.
Note the pattern camouflage painted on the face of Stockton's
forward superstructure, and the pipe rails installed to keep
the gun from firing into the ship's structure.
This photograph was long identified as having been taken on either
USS Hovey (DD-208) or USS Long (DD-209). However,
neither of these ships was in service until October 1919, about
a year after the photo was taken. Camouflage pattern confirms
identification as Stockton, which is listed in the 1919
"Ships' Data" book as carrying one twin and three single
four-inch guns.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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